Built in 1875 by Qing official Lin Zhenfang (林振芳), who had been promoted to Changhua sub-prefect for raising local troops against the Dai Chaochun uprising, this two-court Minnan-style residence in Shengang is the largest surviving gentry residence in inland Taichung. Listed as a third-grade monument in 1985, it has been repeatedly targeted by antiquities thieves who removed wooden window grilles over many years and, in a single August 2000 raid, a valuable late Qing dynasty era plaque and set of ancestral tablets.
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Heritage Status
- City Monument (縣(市)定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
Themes
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
Connections
- Shekou Police Station (社口派出所)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.